Many law firms have found client verification to be increasingly challenging as social distancing and lockdown have prevented traditional identification methods.

HMLR have already introduced measures to help firms, announcing that they will no longer reject applications where identity evidence is not provided. A requisition will be raised so that the application does not lose its priority.

The risk for firms is that criminals will seek to take advantage of the uncertainty that has been created by remote working and furlough.

The regulators are reporting a spike in attacks while the current climate reduces the risk for those wishing to launder illegal funds.

Lawyer Checker clients have access to a range of fraud mitigation tools, with many adopting our remote client verification service, Thirdfort. Thirdfort enables the verification of clients for ID and AML compliance without the need to meet face to face.

To find out more about how we can help you continue to operate an AML compliant verification process please contact Tom Lyes (tom.lyes@practicalvision.co.uk) on 0800 133 7127

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